Research Article
Load Handling and Repetitive Movements Are Associated with Chronic Low Back Pain among Jute Mill Workers in India
Table 2
Relationship between chronic low back pain (cLBP) and participant characteristics (
).
| | Participant characteristics | With cLBP
(%) | Without cLBP
(%) | () |
| | Age | | | | | 20–39 years | 166 (49.8%) | 167 (50.2%) | | | 40–59 years | 226 (58.9%) | 158 (41.1%) | () | | | | | OR 1.44 (1.07–1.93) |
| | BMI | | | | | ≤25 | 295 (53.5%) | 256 (46.5%) | | | >25 | 97 (58.4%) | 69 (41.6%) | () | | | | | OR 1.22 (0.86–1.73) |
| | Education | | | | | Illiterate | 53 (57.6%) | 39 (42.4%) | | | Primary | 86 (52.1%) | 79 (48.0%) | | | Middle school | 125 (57.3%) | 93 (42.7%) | () | | Secondary | 97 (52.2%) | 89 (47.8%) | | | HS & above | 31 (55.4%) | 25 (44.6%) | |
| | Tobacco | | | | | No | 121 (50.0%) | 121 (50.0%) | () | | Yes | 271 (57.1%) | 204 (43.0%) | OR 1.33 (0.98–1.81) |
| | Sanitation | | | | | Indian | 380 (54.1%) | 323 (45.9%) | () | | Western | 12 (85.7%) | 2 (14.3%) | OR 5.10 (1.13–22.95) |
| | Experience | | | | | <20 years | 211 (51.1%) | 202 (48.9%) | | | 20 to 40 years | 170 (59.4%) | 116 (40.6%) | () | | >40 years | 11 (61.1%) | 7 (38.9%) | |
| | Parent working in jute mill | | | | | No | 252 (52.9%) | 224 (47.1%) | | | Yes | 140 (58.1%) | 101 (41.9%) | () | | | | | OR 1.22 (0.89–1.66) |
| | Working hr per week | | | | | 40 hr | 189 (52.5%) | 171 (47.5%) | | | 48 hr | 213 (57.4%) | 158 (42.6%) | () | | | | | OR 1.23 (0.90–1.68) |
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